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Get started in Landscapes

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Get started in Landscapes

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Challenging landscape locations

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Anonymous, 21 August 2008 09:47

There are many ways of shooting a sensational landscape shot. Ideally it should be taken in the richest light – usually early morning or late evening and it’s made all the better if you can find a stunning location. If you’re struggling to find one of these you can find plenty on the locations page.Difficult-to-access locations can put many photographers ...

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Great cityscapes… in two hours!

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Anonymous, 24 October 2007 14:35

  When light levels fall a city can come to life, bringing new creative opportunities and tricky technical dilemmas. For consistently successful lowlight shots you must have a tripod, though you’ll need to be careful where you position it. Even with the tripod it was difficult to get sharp shots on the Millennium Bridge simply because the sheer numbers of ...

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How to paint with light

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Anonymous, 24 October 2007 14:32

Moving lights around a subject to illuminate different areas is known as painting with light. The results with any technique as random as this are always going to be unpredictable, so for your first attempts it’s best to stick with fairly simple subjects. Graveyards are a favourite location with many photographers, who use a torch or flash to pick out ...

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Choosing and using landscape filters

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Anonymous, 24 October 2007 14:27

Filters can be really useful for the photographer, helping to enhance the natural mood and drama of a landscape. If you’re shooting on film, they’re indispensable, but filters can be just as useful for digital capture. Even though some of the effects can be replicated in Photoshop, it’s often better to adjust an image on location than spend hours at ...

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Framing your landscapes

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Anonymous, 24 October 2007 14:26

It’s all too easy to let the format of your camera dictate how you see landscapes. Most digital and film cameras use a rectangular format, although there are cameras such as the Hasselblad Xpan for shooting letterbox-shaped panoramic images, and 6x6cm medium-format cameras which produce square pictures. So just because your camera shoots in a particular format, it doesn’t mean ...

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Use your standard zoom for great portraits

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Anonymous, 24 October 2007 14:22

Fast, easy and versatile, the standard zoom is the lens of choice for most people. The zoom ring allows you to quickly select different focal lengths to get the right crop in an instant, from head and shoulders portraits to group shots and full-length body shots. However, shooting from close to a portrait subject with a wide-angle lens will enlarge ...

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Using a wide-angle lens for landscapes

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Anonymous, 24 October 2007 14:20

The wide angle-of-view offered by wide-angle lenses is ideal for landscapes. These allow you to include as much of the scene as possible in your frame for a broad view of the whole area. But because objects appear smaller in the frame when using wide-angle lenses, it’s easy for everything in your shot to look distant and empty. The best ...

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Shoot graphic shapes in mono

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Anonymous, 24 October 2007 14:13

Shooting in black & white means making the most of shape and form. Here’s how to create graphic mono images from outdoor subjects. 1. Try different anglesDon’t be afraid to shoot from a low or high vantage point. Many graphic subjects work when you isolate them from their surroundings, so try to make sure you don’t include too many recognisable ...

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Understanding reciprocity

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Anonymous, 24 October 2007 14:12

When light levels drop, the normal reciprocal relationship between shutter speed and aperture breaks down. In regular daylight conditions, the relationship between the amount of light and the exposure time is constant. So if the light levels halve, you need to double the exposure time to get the same result. However, this rule – known as the reciprocity law – ...

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